释义 |
Quinean, a.|ˈkwaɪnɪən| [f. the name of the U.S. logician Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908) + -an.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Quine or his theories.
1966S. Beer Decision & Control viii. 170 For the record, this is what the three propositions look like in formal Quinean terms. 1972J. J. Katz Semantic Theory vi. 243 Quinean arguments do not apply to the analytic-synthetic distinction..such as the one developed here. 1978C. Hookway in Hookway & Pettit Action & Interpretation 31 Once we recognise that relativism of this kind is at least an option in translation theory, we can see how to construct a Quinean response to the charge that the argument involves arbitrary discrimination in favour of the theory of nature and against translation theory. |